Article 2Amendment to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/360#
The following Article 15a is inserted in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/360:‘Article 15aAnnual supervisory fee for 2021 for trade repositories registered as of 31 December 20201.Trade repositories already registered with ESMA as of 31 December 2020 shall be charged an annual supervisory fee for 2021 calculated in accordance with Article 6. However, for the purposes of Article 6(2)(b) the applicable turnover of trade repositories shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.2.For the purposes of paragraph 1, the applicable turnover of the trade repository shall be the sum of:
—the revenues generated from the core functions of centrally collecting and maintaining records of SFTs during the period from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021, and
—the total revenues generated from the core functions of centrally collecting and maintaining records of SFTs during the period from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021 of all registered trade repositories, and
—the applicable revenues from ancillary services of the trade repository in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 during the period from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021,
—the applicable revenues from ancillary services in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 during the period from 1 January 2021 to 30 June 2021 of all registered trade repositories.
divided by the sum of:3.The amount of the annual supervisory fee referred to in paragraph 1 shall be reduced by any amount already paid by the trade repository pursuant to Article 10(1) before 26 May 2021.Where the amount already paid by a trade repository pursuant to Article 10(1) before 26 May 2021 is higher than the annual supervisory fee calculated in accordance with paragraph 1, ESMA shall reimburse the difference to the trade repository.4.By way of derogation from Article 10(1), the annual supervisory fee for 2021 for the trade repositories referred to in paragraph 1 shall be due on 31 October 2021.5.ESMA shall send the invoice for the annual supervisory fee for 2021 to the trade repositories referred to in paragraph 1 at least 30 days before the payment date.6.When the audited accounts for 2021 become available, trade repositories referred to in paragraph 1 shall report to ESMA the indicators referred to in Article 2(3) for 2021.Trade repositories shall be charged any difference between the annual supervisory fee for 2021 actually paid and the annual supervisory fee that would have been due for 2021 if the calculation of the applicable turnover had been based on the indicators reported pursuant to the first subparagraph.ESMA shall send the invoice for any additional payment pursuant to the second subparagraph at least 30 days before the respective payment date.’